The Eagles' Danny Watkins (right) and Todd Herremans block Detroit's Ndamukong Suh last October before Watkins was injured.

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But the former first-round pick made it clear this week that he still has a future with the Eagles even though it seems like everything is stacked against him.

There's a new coach in Chip Kelly, who has no loyalty to the players drafted under previous coach Andy Reid, let alone someone like Watkins, a former firefighter in Canada who didn't start playing football until he was 22 and wasn't drafted until he was 26. ...